About butchbaxter

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Colombia: Pereira Social Group:

Hey Dean, I'm in Pereira and would like to hook up for one of your gringofest. Dean Hatten

Colombia: accommodations in popayán:

i am mounting a scouting mission for livable cities in colombia (livable by my standards, i guess..which are varied and contradictory). high on my current list is popayán. i have for the last three years been going to pereira but i now believe there may be better out there. pereira is just a little hot for me, with maybe a little too much pollution, and maybe a little too much congestion. i would like to hear from anyone living in popayán that might know of a month long rental situation. i would like to spend a month hanging out in popayán. i need private accommodations (no room in someones house). nice, safe, clean, probably close in to el centro but not necessarily. in pereira there are stratas 0-6. i don't know how it may work in popayán, but i would be looking for something on the upper end of that scale. i'm currently thinking of the month of march 2016 (but i could be flexible...depending). i know there are many wonderful cities out there in colombia. but for the sake of the forum, this question is only about popayán. thank you, butch

Colombia: new member:

yeah, that was my first question too. why medellin? you might want to look around a bit. there are other places a little less populated and a bunch less dangerous.

Colombia: Any Sports Bars in Pereira?:

hey dean, odd coincidence, my name is also dean (not an overly common name) and i live (at this moment) in an apartment on circunvalar and i go to pereira plaza and sit outside the bar and watch the world go by. but i'm headed back to the states tomorrow (my visa has run out). maybe i'll see you around next time I'm in town. habla español? dean

Peru: 3,000 m2 - 10,000 m2 Land in Sacred Valley Peru:

wakeen, pistacho has some good advise. DO NOT under any circumstances send money down to peru. if you really want to buy land there (and think about that real hard) go down there see the land with your own eyeballs and get an attorney (and find a good one). read everything you can about peru's land laws. take your time. if you don't speak the language well (and i'm not talking about being able to order a beer in spanish at your local mexican restaurant, i'm talking about being able to speak spanish) you best be finding a disinterested interpreter (that means not your attorney's secretary). there ain't nothing juicer than a gringo with money to spend on real estate. it's like throwing raw meat into the shark tank. la verdad amigo.

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